Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
- Appointed for 14 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2011
- Its phone number is also given by a firm that is no longer authorised
- One of its directors is also a director of a firm that is no longer authorised
Responsible principal firm
TTA MANAGEMENT LIMITED Reference number: 480564 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- Independent Travel Experts Ltd (FRN 574524) introduces customers to TTA MANAGEMENT LIMITED (FRN 480564). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Independent Travel Experts.
- Example: if Independent Travel Experts refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Independent Travel Experts itself.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
Website, phone number and address
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
Also given by a firm that is no longer authorised. Check you are dealing with the firm on this page.
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Address
St. Andrews House, West Street, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6EB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01483 545780 is, and the 4 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode GU21 6EB
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Tta Management Limited, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company name
- INDEPENDENT TRAVEL EXPERTS LIMITED
- Company number
- 07701813 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 12 July 2011 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- St Andrews House, West Street, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6EB, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Travel agency activities (SIC 79110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Innes Lewis | Director | Mar 1970 | 12 Jul 2011 | 29 other companies |
| Vim Vithaldas | Director | Jan 1967 | 30 Jun 2025 | 80 other companies |
Other companies run by these 2 directors
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 83
- closed down
- 49
- are FCA-registered
- 6
In the full report: all 83 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 6 on the FCA register, including 2 no longer authorised
- The 26 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Independent Travel Experts’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
16 April 2016
- The Travel Network Group Limited gave up control
Companies House
6 April 2016
- The Travel Network Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2012
6 February 2012
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2011
12 July 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 12 events
- All 12 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 8
Firms connected to Independent Travel Experts
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Independent Travel Experts. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 6
- no longer authorised
- 2
- share a director
- 6
In the full report: all 6 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (6), the same phone number (4), the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Independent Travel Experts
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Woking
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- 83 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 12 events in its history
- 6 connected firms, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk